Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Mobile app to report river pollution launched

The
government on Tuesday launched a mobile application (Bhuvan Mobile App)
and a web portal in coordination with Indian Space Research Organization
(Isro) to enable people to collect and report information on various
sources of river pollution.

The android-based mobile app will
provide a platform for crowd sourcing to monitor pollution in the Ganga
and enable decision makers to prioritize interventions.

"The
first version of the application is made available for download in the
Bhuvan Ganga web portal ," the ministry of water resources said.

Besides, the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with the
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of Isro to utilize the geo-spatial
and crowd-sourcing technologies for pollution monitoring in Ganga.

'Bhuvan Ganga' is an exclusive web portal deployed in Isro Bhuvan's
geo-portal with all geo-spatial layers related to river Ganga. It will
be used as a tool to support decision making and planning for the Clean
Ganga Mission.